The fantastic design made you want to rush home, create raised beds and get planting. Encouraging everyone to get involved in growing edible plants was the focus of The Pennard Plants and Growing for the Future at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales garden. My normal spot for building my auricula theatre has been taken up with a temporary log pile!īack to the Flower Show favourites and another great one was the beautiful Hooksgreen Herb exhibit. Today I popped my parent plants of Brenda’s Choice, Piers Telford and Beatrice on the doorstep so that we can enjoy their flowers. I bought my first auriculas about four years ago and now have quite a collection and this is exactly the time of year that they come into their own. (Sorry not the best photo but the display was lovely) My favourites – well I do love auriculas and so loved seeing them in displays, gardens and also the stunning theatre on the Hill View Hardy Plants.
#Auricula shows 2014 full#
Being early in the year I was full of admiration for the exhibitors who had coaxed plants into flower or leaf but yet had not gone over the top to create false shows. It was just the right size to wander round for a day taking in the gardens, displays and the stalls. The Show was held in Bute Park, about 10 minutes walk from the station. I needn’t have worried it was a perfect day. It had been a long week and I was a bit tired so wasn’t sure if I could face seeing perfection knowing that I had left a lot of imperfection at home! So last Friday I set off to spend the day at the RHS Flower Show Cardiff with mixed feelings. If you are able to visit us from mid-March to April, we are sure you will enjoy browsing through our Alpine Sales area where, as well as a fine selection of Primula auricula, there are many other small treasures to be discovered.A trip to a garden or a flower show is always a risky thing – it can generate a feeling of enthusiasm or a feeling of complete hopelessness when the realisation dawns that the perfection observed will never be achieved. They will always perform best in the protected environment of a cold greenhouse. Show auriculas will grow outside in a sheltered position but heavy rain and wind will wash away the meal on the flowers and foliage. We offer an excellent range of plants of Show auriculas raised from cuttings. Named varieties of ‘Show’ auriculas have powdery ‘meal’ or ‘farina’ on the flowers and foliage and their various forms includes ‘selfs’, ‘edged’, ‘stripes’ and ‘fancies’.
These are suitable for a sheltered garden or cold greenhouse cultivation. Named varieties of ‘ Alpine’ and ‘Double’ auriculas raised from cuttings are also offered for sale as flowering-sized plants.
Available as flowering-sized plants, plug plants or seed, they are suitable for both garden and cold greenhouse cultivation. ‘Alpine’ auriculas have blooms of intensely rich colour, wonderful shading and delightful fragrance, produced from mid-March to April. Primula auricula Ashwood ‘Alpine’ Strain has been developed here at Ashwood as a result of careful hand-pollination and selection. These beautiful plants are one of the simple pleasures of the Spring garden and their jewel-like beauty, exquisite forms and subtle fragrance never fail to captivate. Auriculas are a long-established speciality at Ashwood.
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